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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.

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I applaud strong government, but not overweening government sustained by cronies, ciphers and a personality cult.

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The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy.

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The tendencies of the times favor the idea of self-government, and leave the individual, for all code, to the rewards and penalties of his own constitution, which work with more energy than we believe, whilst we depend on artificial restraints.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Believe Quotes , Government Quotes

But, Jefferson worried that the people - and the argument goes back to Thucydides and Aristotle - are easily misled. He also stressed, passionately and repeatedly, that it was essential for the people to understand the risks and benefits of government, to educate themselves, and to involve themselves in the political process. Without that, he said, the wolves will take over.

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What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?

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All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.

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You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.

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Governments accountable to the voters focus on building roads and schoolsnot weapons of mass destruction.

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We want to go in for suffering, and there may be torture. If we put the women in front the Government may hesitate to inflict on us all the penalty that they might otherwise inflict.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Government Quotes , History Quotes

I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics.

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The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation are, — 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and 3. Hope to all.

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Whatever party you're in in America, our troops deserve the full support of our government.

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There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

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Compassionate conservatism [is] most importantly, making sure that government is not the answer to people's problems.

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It has become necessary to call the attention of European governments to a fact which is apparently so insignificant that the governments seem not to notice it. The fact is this: an entire people is being annihilated. Where? In Europe. Are there witnesses? One witness, the entire world. Do the governments see it? No.

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The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.

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We have set out to promote the work of community and faith-based charities. Government cannot be replaced by charities, but it can welcome them as partners instead of resenting them as rivals.

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And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.

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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Work Quotes , Government Quotes

I am an adherent of the ideal of democracy, although I well know the weaknesses of the democratic form of government. Social equality and economic protection of the individual appeared to me always as the important communal aims of the state. Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated.

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